Cyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English intellectual, literary critic and writer.
The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above. Use this quote
Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action. Use this quote
The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food. Use this quote
Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature. Use this quote
The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife. Use this quote
Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth. Use this quote
Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster. Use this quote
We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving. Use this quote
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. Use this quote
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book. Use this quote
